Introduction: Guillain-Barre syndrome is an uncommon, yet potentially fatal, immune-mediated disease affecting peripheral nerves and nerve roots that commonly generated by infections. Recent studies have shown a strong relationship between SARS-CoV-2, making SARS-CoV-2 potential trigger for GBS. Objective: to detail the current information related syndrome, causes, epidemiology, immunopathogeni...

Background Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute, autoimmune polyradiculoneuropathy affecting the peripheral nervous system, usually triggered by an acute infectious process. It is included in the wider group of peripheral neuropathies. There are several types of GBS, but unless otherwise stated, GBS refers to the most common form, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP). Cli...

how to cite this article: karimzadeh p, bakhshandeh bali mk, nasehi mm, taheri otaghsara sm, ghofrani m. atypical findings of guillain-barré syndrome in children. iran j child neurol autumn 2012;6(4):17-22.   abstract objective guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) is an immune-mediated polyneuropathy that occurs mostly after  prior infection. the diagnosis of this syndrome is dependent heavily on the ...

Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is the most common disease resulting in acute diffuse flaccid paralysis. It is an autoimmune disease that can occur at any age. The clinical course is characterized by weakness in the arms and legs, areflexia and the progression of muscle weakness from the lower limbs to the upper limbs. The most common causes of GBS include infections, vaccinations, surgery and so...

guillain-barre syndrome is a neurologic disorder that may appear after infection or major surgery.  guillian-barre syndrome following cardiac surgery is rare and only based on case reports, and we review all of the published cases. a 52-year-old man after 5 months suffering from chest pain was referred to our hospital and underwent coronary artery bypass graft for 3 vessel disease. the patient ...

© 2017 Journal of ophthalmic and Vision research | published by Wolters KluWer medKnoW Dear Editor, In their interesting case report, Ramakrishan et al described a patient with Guillain‐Barre syndrome (GBS) who developed vision loss during the course of the illness and proved later to have posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES).[1] Herein, the following two comments regarding that ...

background: anti-ganglioside antibody assays are widely used for diagnosis of autoimmune peripheral neuropathies. objective: this study aimed to determine serum levels of anti-ganglioside antibodies in children with guillain-barre syndrome by immunoblotting technique and compare the results with those obtained by elisa method. method: in this investigation, 50 children with guillain-barre syndr...

CONTEXT An unexplained increase in the risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) occurred among recipients of the swine influenza vaccine in 1976-1977. Guillain-Barre syndrome remains the most frequent neurological condition reported after influenza vaccination to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) since its inception in 1990. OBJECTIVE To evaluate trends of reports to VAERS of G...

Neurological complication following Sinopharm vaccination is extremely rare and Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) among the least common complication. Here we report a case of 62-year-old male with GBS secondary to vaccination. A diagnosed patient schizophrenia presented three-day history lower limb weakness preceding sensation numbness. Nerve conduction study was suggestive GBS, lumbar puncture sh...